The United States was founded on a break with the past, on the notion that a fresh start could be the spark that ignites a new world of liberty and freedom. That America hasn't always lived up to that ideal doesn't diminish freedom's call. Nor does it diminish the powerful symbols of liberty and of America's potential that continue to move and inspire freedom-seekers around the world.
As you meditate on this image, inspired by the Statue of Liberty, the Declaration of Independence and the Liberty Bell and by my 2005 "Freedom Trail" travels and writings, remember that freedom is your choice, that liberty is your birthright and that the prisons you have built for yourself have no walls, fences or gates.
In this moment, you are as free as you allow yourself to be.
Art by Mark David Gerson: "Song & Spirit of Liberty (#62)"
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